I spent hundreds of hours working in VR. Here’s What I Learned

From all the different places I can live, I still live around the world. Left, Milky Way; Farther away, the moon represents the gray fire that scorches the sun; on…

Indie City-Building Final Final Game Climate Change

“Some incidents allow us to push groups that are forcing people to do extremes that would not be possible if they were real,” he said. Frostpunk design director Jakub Stokalski…

Can Reminders of My Death Improve My Life?

Recently I have been I feel like life is passing me by, so I downloaded a program that reminded me five times a day that I would die. I thought…

The Build Back Better Bill Must Do Better on a Bicycle

If you have read Any of my comments about the electric bike here at WIRED (which are almost worldwide) then I would not be surprised to hear that my life…

Facebook and Google are helping the FBI find January 6 rioters

A few days after the Capitol insurrection last January, the FBI got two tips identifying an Ohio man named Walter Messer as a participant, and both cited his social media…

How Explosives, Robots, and Sled Reveal the Doomsday Glacier

But news from Icefin is not going well. The water is warm enough to melt the ice flowing around the Thwaites slope – the exact point where the ice reaches…

This is the Year of the Shadow Plague

In 2022 we will continue to feel the effects of Covid-19 plague. Most of us have been counting the numbers directly linked to the virus – how many people have…

Natural History, Not Technology, Will Rule Our Future

We do this in our homes, in our hospitals, in our homes, in our gardens, and even in some cases, in the woods when we use antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, and…

Best of CES 2022: Gaming Gear, PCs, Home Entertainment, Transportation

After watching countless Zoom briefings, sitting through dozens of livestreamed press conferences, and even attending a handful of in-person demos, we’re ready to declare these 14 products to be the…

Holmes’ Verdict and the Legal Process of ‘Disruption’

The prosecution of a company executive such as Holmes who is guilty of murder has serious consequences, especially the need to prove its intentions, says Jacob T. Elberg, an associate…